April 4th, 1912 - The Titanic arrived in Southampton, England just after midnight as part of her sea trials.

April 5th, 1912 - Titanic was adorned with flags and pennants in honor of the citizens of Southampton.

April 6th, 1912 - Recruitment Day! The vacancies in Titanic’s crew were filled while miscellaneous cargo was brought onboard.

April 8th, 1912 - Fresh food was brought on the ship in preparation for the voyage.

April 10th, 1912 - Captain Smith, the crew and passengers board Titanic and the ship’s maiden voyage gets underway at noon. Titanic would stop at Cherbourg, France before heading for Queenstown, Ireland.

April 11th, 1912 - Titanic left Queenstown for the journey to New York.

April 13th, 1912 - Titanic had covered over 900 miles of its journey between the 11th and 13th. Titanic received a warning from the Rappahannock regarding the dangers of ice.

April 14th, 1912 - More ice warnings were received by the crew while the water temperatures dropped below freezing. Hours later, Titanic hit an iceberg at 11:40pm.

April 15th, 1912 - Shortly after midnight, Thomas Andrews advised Captain Smith that Titanic will founder. Lifeboats began lowering shortly thereafter. Titanic sank around 2:20am. Among the victims were Captain Edward J. Smith, Thomas Andrews, Isidor and Ida Straus, Archibald Butt, Benjamin Guggenheim and John Jacob Astor. Just after 4:00am the first lifeboat was rescued by the Carpathia.

April 17th, 1912 - The ship, the Mackay-Bennet, was hired by the White Star Line to find and recover the bodies of victims. Only 328 would be recovered.

April 18th, 1912 - The Carpathia arrived in New York with survivors.

April 19th, 1912 - The U.S. Senate’s inquiry into the sinking began.

May 14th, 1912 - The silent movie “Saved From the Titanic” starring Dorothy Gibson who survived the disaster, was released.

May 25th, 1912 - The Senate inquiry ended.

December 4th, 1912 - Archibald Gracie IV, who actually went down with the ship and survived, succumbed to his injuries.

December 19th, 1997 - James Cameron’s “Titanic” starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet was released. The film would go on to win the best picture Oscar and became one of the highest grossing films of all time.

August 10th, 1998 - A piece of Titanic’s hull weighing almost twenty tons was brought to the surface.

April 11th, 2003 - James Cameron’s documentary “Ghosts of the Abyss” was released via IMAX.